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Message: [QUOTE="DS3, post: 6375420, member: 407846"] First, hats off for the coverage of another excellent Triton Series. Though they cannot rival the breadth and depth of the manner that the European Poker Tour provides background, interviews and B rolls throughout their content, the Triton Series table coverage itself is excellent. [B][U]Stand against alleged cheaters[/U][/B] Though no public statement was made and the commentary teams did not discuss the matter, it was immediately obvious some big hitters were absent - Bryn Kenney, Ali Imsirovic and Jake Schindler (following Imsirovic and Schindler being rejected from the EPT Monaco the week before). This was significant because all three were Triton winners with Kenney taking down the biggest single prize in poker history back in London at the Triton Series $1 million buy in- he was their number one ranked prize winner to date. Kudos for standing with the EPT (and we'll soon see if the WSOP allows or bans them also). [B][U]Tournament Improvements[/U][/B] In spite of the fact that this is a small exclusive series they attempted some innovations regarding the buy-ins and even structure of the tournaments. The buy ins for the main event short deck were switched to one bullet with three starting stacks which I believe you could opt for one consolidated stack or three separate entries with smaller stacks (okay that was a little confusing) Though most events were multiple buy-ins the last two were a single bullet. Personally I think play would improve if half the events were a single bullet. The true innovation with short deck was it becoming pot limit pre-flop for the ending tournament. This no doubt will scale back the sometimes ludicrous gambling nature of play, however, it will remain to be seen if they repeat the condition or expand it to all tournaments. Finally it was mentioned near the end of the series that they might consider a knock out tournament. I think that could be a blast. Depending on the buy-in, if players were receiving a $10K or $20K everytime they knocked another out it would be a very entertaining format. [B][U]Commentary team[/U][/B] Credit should be given for not only the roster of commentators they now feature but for the fact they switch the teams up around meal breaks keeping the commentary fresh and engaged. This series they featured Ali Nejad, Jeff Gross, Brian Rast, Henry Kilbane and Randy 'Nanonoko' Lew - all provided great commentary, Randy Lew somewhat surprisingly my favorite. All flown to Madrid for the gig - nice work if you can get it! [B][U]The lack of coverage within poker 'news' outlets[/U][/B] I remain mystified as to why this series received so little coverage because it is significant on a few levels. First, many cite high roller events as being the most exciting to watch (not necessarily for me but I get the premise). This is born out by the views. The You Tube streams alone gathered 1, 649, 500 views to date with likely the Twitch streams gathering just as many. Well over 3 million views but the series barely mentioned anywhere. Personally I feel a little miffed that a small group of individuals have put a lot of time and money to bring this series to the public and it gets blanked by the poker press. Who is actually investing time and money to promote the game? Secondly, whether of personal interest or not the Triton Series plays the most significant role in the top players ranking by any metric. Several players have either made significant prize income from the series or it is in fact their most lucrative - which directly links to their world/Hendon Mob ranking. The now disgraced Bryn Kenney is rated as pokers top earner - $30 million of that was via Triton series, $20 million alone from the London Series 2019. Players such as Jason Koon $15.5 million, Mikita Badziakouski $14.6 million and Stephen Chidwick $13 million have all earned serious money and world ranking directly from this tour. Needless to say the likes of Phil Ivey, Timothy Adams, Sam Greenwood and Tom Dwan etc. etc. all have multi- millions in earnings. So whether from the public's interest or the Triton Series major influence on global poker rankings the series deserves way more attention than it garners from the poker press. I hope this situation improves into the future. [/QUOTE]

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